News and developments on Freedom of Information in the UK. This blog is run by the Campaign for Freedom of Information. It was established in May 2003 by Steve Wood, who ran it until the end of February 2007 when he took up the post of Assistant Commissioner at the Information Commissioner's Office.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

DEFRA EIR slides published

The slides from DEFRA's recent EIR seminars for Whitehall departments are now available to download from the DEFRA website:

Seminar slides (2009) (690 KB): the differences between the EIRs and FOIA, including background and purpose, the definition of environmental information, using the ICO model publication scheme for proactive publication, and developing case law.